The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Wallsend (North Tyne),
St. Luke's Church

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The Memorial Window of the Crucifixion in St. Luke's Church, Wallsend
Photo : Wikimedia

Inside St. Luke's Church, Wallsend, is a magnificent East Window. The window portrays the Crucifixion, and was unveiled in 1922 as a memorial to the men of the parish who died on active service during the First World War.
Designed by the artist Wilhelmina Geddes, it has been widely lauded and described by Nikolaus Pevsner as of ‘quite exceptionally high quality’ and is regarded as one of her finest works.

Near to this Memorial Window is a brass plaque which is inscribed;-

"To the glory of God and in memory of
the following members of this Church and
Parishioners who fell in the Great War
1914-1918.
The East Window was erected and dedicated on 14th July 1922."

The names of 271 persons are commemorated on the plaque, shown by surnames and initials. A transcription of the names on the plaque is on the North East War Memorials Project website.

5 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.

Private Joseph Baird Blakeney. 325232. 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 204307 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and the late Jane Blakeney, of Cleator Moor, Cumberland; husband of Catharine Blakeney, of 4, Victoria Avenue, Wallsend-on-Tyne. Killed 14 July 1918.
Born Cleater Moor (Cumberland), Enlisted Wallsend-on-Tyne.
Buried NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY.

Sapper Thomas Bowmer. 312850. Royal Engineers (Inland Water Transport), formerly 11126 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Isabella Bowmer, of 31, Seventh St., Wallsend-on-Tyne; husband of Ivy Bowmer, of 283, Station Rd., Wallsend. Killed 24 September 1918. Aged 28.
Born Newcastle-on-Tyne (Northumberland), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Buried TARANTO TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private John Thomas McGee. 17488. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Margaret Canavan (formerly McGee), of 3, Atkinson Terrace, Wallsend-on-Tyne. Died 28 May 1916.
Born South Shields, Enlisted Wallsend.
Buried DARTMOOR CEMETERY.

Lance Corporal George Young Scott. 17555. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 September 1915.
Born Tynemouth, Enlisted Cramlington, Resided Seaton Delaval.
Commemorated on Panels 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
(Comment by Richard Roberts,<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>, "George Young Scott was married to Margaret and they had a daughter named Alice who was born in Wallsend in 1907 so presumably the family lived there at some stage. Neither CWGC nor SDGW record another G Y Scott.")

Private James Maxwell Simpson. 114304. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 45806 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Julia Ormsby (formerly Simpson), of 16, Wooley St., Wallsend. Died at home 11 November 1918.
Born Walker (Northumberland), Enlisted North Shields, Resided Wallsend.
Buried WALLSEND (CHURCH BANK) CEMETERY.

The Plaque in St. Luke's Church, Wallsend, Dedicating the Memorial Window and Commemorating Those Parishioners Who Lost Their Lives in the First World War. The Plaque in St. Luke's Church, Wallsend, Dedicating the Memorial Window and Commemorating Those Parishioners Who Lost Their Lives in the First World War.
Photo : Tony Harding of the North East War Memorials Project

St. Luke's Church, Wallsend.
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